Sri Lanka's High Buddhist
Clergy
To The Nation's Rescue As The President Gives Them Assurances!

Periscope-Global Sinhala
Village
For LankaWeb

If sense and sensibility eventually prevails in Sri
Lanka from the President's perspective to re-think her unilateral
stance on the Joint Mechanism which will send sighs of relief amongst
all patriotic Sri Lankans, they will undoubtedly have to thank Sri
Lanka's Buddhist Clergy in Parliament the Jathika Hela Urumaya and
the National Patriotic Front the JVP for their untiring efforts to
confront and divert the direction Sri lanka was headed politically
over the last few weeks!.

Already there are signs that the President is re-thinking
her move to go it alone in signing the JM with the LTTE terrorists
as she has indicated to the media that no agreement will be signed
without the consensus of the High Buddhist Clergy. This probably coincides
with response to the imminent warnings issued by the JVP to pull out
its support of the UPFA and any domino effect of dire consequences
of a collapsed Government must surely also be at the back of the President's
mind as the pressure on her to rethink strategies on the Joint Mechanism
has become extreme!

As an immediate response to the High Buddhist Clergy's involvement
in the protests to the Joint Mechanism,The Maha Nayaka Theras of the
three Nikayas warned that they may be compelled to issue a Sangagnanava
(edict from the Maha Sangha) and call upon all Bhikkus and laymen
to gather in one place and hold a mass protest if the Sri Lankan Government
"arrogantly" decides to sign the Joint Mechanism agreement
without achieving a consensus among all political parties represented
in Parliament.

This appears to have been a key factor in the early
signs of cracks in Presidential resolve as reported where she has
somewhat resignedly stated that there will be no signing of any deals
relative to the Joint Mechanism without Buddhist Clergy approval and
there are indications already from Kandy that the JHU Secretary Ven.Dr.Omalpe
Sobitha Thera who is on a death fast over the JM is likely to call
off his fast on being informed of this new development and perhaps
augurs well at least as a temporary calm to the ongoing political
crisis which could easily have plunged the Nation into turmoil!

In stoic determination and assertion of their influence
within Sri Lanka as a guiding force, the Maha Nayaka Theras of All
Chapters of the High Buddhist Clergy have been in total agreement
thatThe Tsunami disaster has affected all Sri Lankans alike. quoting
" All members of the Parliament should be consulted before venturing
out for any action with only a section of the community, which
undoubtedly is a cross reference to the LTTE and any preferential
treatment which they are not entitled to and perhaps a calming influence
on the President's gung ho attitude towards conciliations towards
the LTTE which many feared would have projected the Nation towards
calamity.

In the usual erudite wisdom of their high Buddhist intellect they
have calmed the impending turmoil within the Nation in asserting that
it is inaccurate to assume that only the North and East suffered the
tsunami disaster and only the North and East merits reconstruction
and rehabilitation.

Consequently they have pointed out the irrationality on the the
Government's part to join hands with an unrelenting, fully armed terrorist
group who are hell bent on dividing the country. It would be veiled
pretense on their part to show empathy towards the real needs of the
affected victims towards creating any form of machinery to carry out
rehabilitation and reconstruction work as participants.

Recently researched intelligence reports point indelibly to the LTTE
augmenting their depleted resources all over again after the Tsunami
devastations.Two Air Strips with light aircraft landing and takeoff
capability have been observed, one in Killinochchi and the other in
preparation near Trincomalee.

Indisputable cases of child conscriptions and huge surge of monetary
build up towards replenishing their insurgent chest of weaponry.

All this coincides with the brilliant assertions of Buddhist Clergy
wisdom and perception as their warnings echo around the Nation that
this is the very terrorist entity with which the President had been
adamant towards negotiating and perhaps a certain jarring of Presidential
senses seems to have transpired consequently although time alone will
attest to its real effect albeit benevolent to the Nation on the verge
of crisis at present as many analysts see it.